October 7, 1998

The Giant Leap Neil Armstrong's booted foot, pressed firmly in the lunar soil, symbolized the stunning success of man's highest adventure — the achievement, with the first moon step on the evening of July 20, 1969, of the ambitious goal set by President John F. Kennedy eight years earlier.

Kitty Hawk The quintessential American story of breaking the barrier of flight.       “What this country really needs is a good five-cent cigar.”  — Vice president Thomas Marshall, 1915     MORE ON MARSHALL

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